Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding

hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which smelled like wonton soup and –”

her eyes at Roger and then turning back to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just shakes

the investigators.

There wasn’t anything on my phone

I say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s

in his team of

and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed to text you.”

me?” Cora asks,

mouth pulling into

through the house. Rafe flinches

my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team

was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says,

reply, rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours.

minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I

Cora says, her voice

her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing

out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just

understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it. But, what can I do

need to go back to that day,” Sinclair says, his hands in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything from that afternoon that could help.”

hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the

my sister a wide, too–eager smile. “Well…” I say, my voice wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms.

face drops along with her jaw. “Are you serious?

to do

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